I was away for a long time, I am sorry. But here I am. I wanted to write about our holidays. We spent 3 – almost 4 – weeks in France – and Germany and England. That’s what happens when you decide you want to see your family ! So first we were in Normandy. Our Norman adventure begins back in December 2016 when we came for Christmas. It was the first time Mister W. was in France so I decided to show him the region, the places I love and how beautiful is Normandy !

We were not into visiting a lot while in France but more to spend time with my friends and my family. So what we first visited what the church in the village near mine called Yvetot. It’s a particular one because it’s round and pink. I must confess that I never got in before we did so I didn’t know how it looked like inside. The stained-glass windows are wonderful. You don’t have much to see in this city but for my friends and me it’s a meeting point.

The day after we went to Étretat to see the dreamlike cliffs. I really love them. I love the sea generally. It carries you in your thoughts and I could stare at the waves the whole day. It’s so relaxing. There were a lot of people on that day because the weather was pretty warm for winter. I love showing Mister W. all the places I love because he’s always amazed by things I sometimes don’t even notice anymore. At the cliffs what astonished him were the bunkers and the rest of a bunker in the sea which you can see from the cliffs (It was an oyster bed in the past.) and that wavy ground.

Étretat is really famous for her cliffs and her architecture typical for the seaside in Normandie. We didn’t visit much the city because of the crowd. But we are definitely going to come back ! Because we also missed the Aiguille (“Needle”), the most famous part of the cliffs. I have an aversion for the crowd. I can’t enjoy 100% what I am visiting or seeing if there are too many people and I wasn’t prepared to see so much people. But we saw the Manneporte (“Main Door”). We’ll come another time to visit the city and the cliffs better as we did.

Mister W. also remarked that the farms in Normandy are surrounded by trees and embankmentsto delimite the place of the buildings. One day, we woke up and everything was frozen as if Jack Frost plaid in the village. We decided to visit the old oak of my village, Allouville-Bellefosse. It’s the oldest oak in Europe and there is a chapel in it. Well, there are exactly 2 chapels in it, one with the Virgin Mary and one with Jesus Christ. We aldo visited Rouen and Le Havre but I’ll write an article for each one !

We also went on the other side of the water which means on the other side of the river in summer when we came back. We went to eat in Pont-Audemer with my parents and visited the city. It’s a small city known as the Norman Venice. You find the architecture from Middle Age typical here in Normandy. I love the narrow streets, the rivers. We visited a friend in Caudebec-en-Caux, a village near the Seine. The church is wonderful and there are a lot of old buildings from Middle Age like the Prison or the Templar House. I always stare at the Seine there imagining the Vikings coming here. It must have been really impressive and scarying !

Between two “travel writtings”, I wanted to show some outfits. It’s now colder in Klagenfurt so I took back my Autumn jackets ! I also can’t wait for my hair to grow and grow and grow as I can’t style it a lot because it is still too short so I decided to buy a hat ! (It’s actually Mister W. who bought it for me but shhh ! It’s a secret ! ) I love hats and I’ve always wanted a hat like that.

I bought that skirt on sale on Lindy Bop. I don’t specially like cats but I like the colours and I thought why not to change a bit my habits. It was only 14€ and Lindy Bop don’t do a lot of circle skirts so I wanted to try that one.

Since I started to really get into pin up and retro style, I have always wanted a real retro coat like the Pearl Coat which is long, has fur and just looks super elegant. But before being a teacher assistant – which is my first job ever -, I hadn’t that much money to buy a 200€ coat. I was lucky enough to find that coat at H&M in sale. I think I bought it for 20€ or maybe 40€ but not more.

So I had my birthday a few weeks earlier and got a looot of presents ! My friends offered me three dresses and two purses. And I am so in looove with all of them !! I also got myself some presents or souvenirs while in London. We went to Camden and I saw the Collectif Clothing shop so I had to buy something. I bought a handbag and two dresses.

I am sorry I let the blog for a week or two. I was on holiday with my man, articles are coming ! Today I’ll introduce you the best dress I’ve sewn so far. I bought the fabric at Ikea and found it perfect to fit this pattern. It’s the B6453 from Pattern by Gertie.

No, Ikea doesn’t produce dresses. But you can buy fabric there and that’s what I did. This fabric is usually used for curtains, not for clothes and it’s rather thick. I find it pretty comfortable to wear as I like a thick fabric so that people don’t see the colour of my underwear.

That dress is part of my first order from Collectif Clothing when they had summer sale. I didn’t like it that much when I received it because I am used to long dresses. Second, halter neck dresses aren’t my favorite because it’s super heavy on the neck. But I took it back with me in March to Austria as my tastes changed a lot since I am here.